How to Attach Scrapbooking Layouts

Scrapbooking is a good way to record your family history and save your photo keepsakes in a protective album. There are items that need to be attached when you are making a scrapbook layout or page, including photos, mats, journaling boxes, embellishments and titles. It is important to have archival-safe products to use when putting a layout together. There are several types of attachments that will work on a scrapbook layout.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Tape runner
• Stickers
• Sewing machine
• Brads
• Photo corners

Attach Layout Components

1. Set a photo face down on a clean surface. Press a tape runner cartridge to the corners of the photo back. The tape runner will roll out adhesive onto the surface it touches. Turn the photo over and adhere it to a mat or directly to the scrapbook layout.

2. Place a title, journaling box paper or matted embellishment onto the scrapbook layout. Attach stickers to the four corners of the piece, adhering it to the layout page.

3. Use a sewing machine to sew and attach a layout piece to the background paper. Use a running stitch to attach the component to the layout.

4. Punch tiny holes in a layout component with a handheld paper punch. Punch matching holes into the layout paper. Insert scrapbooking brad fasteners through both sets of holes to attach the component to the layout.

5. Adhere photo corners to a mat or directly to the scrapbook page. Insert a photo, mat or journaling box into the photo corners to attach them to the layout.

Tips & Warnings

• A journaling box is a card stock or scrapbook paper shape that gives you a place to write or journal about the event you are scrapbooking.
• Glue stick is not recommended for attaching layout features to the paper. The items tend to become detached after a few months or years of scrapbook storage. Do not use any rubber-based adhesives or tape in a scrapbook.